On Jul 17, 2:00*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:


> The rich tend to vote. The poor don't bother. The rich tend to donate to
> campaigns. The poor cannot afford to.



I drive a cab. Around election time I see a lot of placards for
this or that politician on the lawns of nice homes. Sometimes I see
them on vacant lots. It's a form of littering. Begging actually.
Begging in abstensia. Begging to get elected. Then, if they get
elected, their first order of business is outlawing panhandling. That
the poor don't contribute to campaigns as much as the rich is probably
true, but not because they can't afford it. Maybe also because they
got a real education in life early on and know that the whole process
is a waste of time no matter who they vote for.

TJ